Rebecca Parlakian, M.A., Ed.

Rebecca Parlakian, M.A., Ed.

Rebecca Parlakian, MA, Ed., serves as Senior Director of Programs at ZERO TO THREE where she directs a portfolio related to child development, parenting, supervision, and high-quality teaching. She has co-authored five parenting/professional curricula, including the Early Connections parent education program and Problem Solvers, an early math curriculum. An evaluation of Early Connections established significant impacts on parent responsiveness, limit-setting, and child social-emotional skills. Rebecca is frequently engaged as a parenting/child development expert by media outlets—see recent Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/on-parenting/we-call-them-terrible-twos-and-worse-but-toddlers-are-just-learning-how-to-be-people/2019/12/09/149c78fe-06ef-11ea-8292-c46ee8cb3dce_story.html) and New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/19/parenting/prepare-for-natural-disaster.html) pieces—and her written work has appeared in a variety of publications including the peer-reviewed Young Children. Rebecca holds a Master's degree in infant/toddler special education from the George Washington University where taught for a decade as an adjunct professor.